diff --git a/lparser.c b/lparser.c
index 1a0a4e51..3df5a958 100644
--- a/lparser.c
+++ b/lparser.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lparser.c,v 2.161 2017/06/29 15:06:44 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lparser.c,v 2.162 2017/06/29 15:38:41 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua Parser
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ static void test_then_block (LexState *ls, int *escapelist) {
     luaK_goiffalse(ls->fs, &v);  /* will jump to label if condition is true */
     enterblock(fs, &bl, 0);  /* must enter block before 'goto' */
     gotostat(ls, v.t);  /* handle goto/break */
-    while (testnext(ls, ';')) {}  /* skip colons */
+    while (testnext(ls, ';')) {}  /* skip semicolons */
     if (block_follow(ls, 0)) {  /* 'goto' is the entire block? */
       leaveblock(fs);
       return;  /* and that is it */